<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dear colleagues.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">  19th Nordic Conference on Computational Linguistics (</span><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">NODALIDA</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">2013</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">             Wednesday, May 22, to Friday, May 24, </span><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">2013</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">                     University of Oslo, Norway</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">                     </span><a href="http://hf.uio.no/nodalida/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://hf.uio.no/<span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">nodalida</span>/</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The conference is </span><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">now</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">open</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> for </span><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">early</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">registration</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">. A preliminary program for the main conference will be published on the conference website before Easter. Submission of papers to the workshops and demo sessions is still possible.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">This year's </span><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">NODALIDA</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> has three invited speakers:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- Ron Kaplan, Nuance Communications and Stanford University, USA</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- Caroline Sporleder, University of Trier, Germany</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- Anders Søgaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">We have managed to keep the <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">registration</span> fee comparatively low, and to offer good value for money. The conference fee covers two conference dinners, two lunches, coffee and refreshments in the breaks, plus electronic proceedings. <br>

<br>The conference dinners take place in spectacular surroundings. The first dinner (of the evening of 22 May) will be held in the beautiful <a href="http://www.visitoslo.com/en/product/?TLp=236264" target="_blank">new opera building</a> in Oslo, practically on the fiord, and we can promise suitable entertainment. Its central location will mean that the conference participants will be able to combine arrival in Oslo in the late afternoon with this dinner. The second dinner (in the evening of 23 May) will take place in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_r%C3%A5dhus" target="_blank">Oslo City Hall</a>, where we will be the guests of the Mayor of Oslo. Here we will be offered a buffet dinner and beverages, and a guided tour of the building. The City Hall is also the place where the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony happens (though not when we are there!). <br>

<h2 style="margin:25px 0px 8px;padding:0px;font-size:1.38em;line-height:1.33em;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left">Conference fee</h2><p style="margin:3px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:17.025px;text-align:left">

Regular participants:</p><ul style="margin:8px 0px 15px 10px;padding:0px;list-style-type:none;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:17.025px;text-align:left"><li style="margin:2px 0px 3px;padding:0px 0px 0px 13px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;background-image:url(http://www.hf.uio.no/vrtx/decorating/resources/dist/images/list-square.gif);background-color:transparent;clear:left;line-height:1.538em;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">

<span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">Early</span> <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">registration</span> (until March 25, <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">2013</span>): 125 EUR (or 900 NOK)</li>

<li style="margin:2px 0px 3px;padding:0px 0px 0px 13px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;background-image:url(http://www.hf.uio.no/vrtx/decorating/resources/dist/images/list-square.gif);background-color:transparent;clear:left;line-height:1.538em;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">

Regular <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">registration</span> (until April 22, <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">2013</span>): 168 EUR (or 1200 NOK)</li>

<li style="margin:2px 0px 3px;padding:0px 0px 0px 13px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;background-image:url(http://www.hf.uio.no/vrtx/decorating/resources/dist/images/list-square.gif);background-color:transparent;clear:left;line-height:1.538em;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">

Late <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">registration</span> (until May 17, <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">2013</span>): 195 EUR (or 1400 NOK)</li>

</ul><p style="margin:3px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:17.025px;text-align:left">Students:</p><ul style="margin:8px 0px 15px 10px;padding:0px;list-style-type:none;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:17.025px;text-align:left">

<li style="margin:2px 0px 3px;padding:0px 0px 0px 13px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;background-image:url(http://www.hf.uio.no/vrtx/decorating/resources/dist/images/list-square.gif);background-color:transparent;clear:left;line-height:1.538em;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">

<span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">Early</span> <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">registration</span> (until March 25, <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">2013</span>):  98 EUR (or 700 NOK)</li>

<li style="margin:2px 0px 3px;padding:0px 0px 0px 13px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;background-image:url(http://www.hf.uio.no/vrtx/decorating/resources/dist/images/list-square.gif);background-color:transparent;clear:left;line-height:1.538em;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">

Regular <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">registration</span> (until April 22, <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">2013</span>): 140 EUR (or 1000 NOK)</li>

<li style="margin:2px 0px 3px;padding:0px 0px 0px 13px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;background-image:url(http://www.hf.uio.no/vrtx/decorating/resources/dist/images/list-square.gif);background-color:transparent;clear:left;line-height:1.538em;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">

Late <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">registration</span> (until May 17, <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">2013</span>): 168 EUR (or 1200 NOK)</li>

</ul><p style="margin:3px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:17.025px;text-align:left">Conference assistants:</p><ul style="margin:8px 0px 15px 10px;padding:0px;list-style-type:none;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:17.025px;text-align:left">

<li style="margin:2px 0px 3px;padding:0px 0px 0px 13px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;background-image:url(http://www.hf.uio.no/vrtx/decorating/resources/dist/images/list-square.gif);background-color:transparent;clear:left;line-height:1.538em;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">

200 NOK</li></ul><p style="margin:3px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:17.025px;text-align:left">Workshops may 22</p><ul style="margin:8px 0px 15px 10px;padding:0px;list-style-type:none;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:17.025px;text-align:left">

<li style="margin:2px 0px 3px;padding:0px 0px 0px 13px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;background-image:url(http://www.hf.uio.no/vrtx/decorating/resources/dist/images/list-square.gif);background-color:transparent;clear:left;line-height:1.538em;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">

49 EUR (or 350 NOK)</li></ul><p style="margin:3px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:17.025px;text-align:left"><br>The conference fee includes:</p><ul style="margin:8px 0px 15px 10px;padding:0px;list-style-type:none;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:17.025px;text-align:left">

<li style="margin:2px 0px 3px;padding:0px 0px 0px 13px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;background-image:url(http://www.hf.uio.no/vrtx/decorating/resources/dist/images/list-square.gif);background-color:transparent;clear:left;line-height:1.538em;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">

Two days of conference</li><li style="margin:2px 0px 3px;padding:0px 0px 0px 13px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;background-image:url(http://www.hf.uio.no/vrtx/decorating/resources/dist/images/list-square.gif);background-color:transparent;clear:left;line-height:1.538em;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">

Electronic proceedings</li><li style="margin:2px 0px 3px;padding:0px 0px 0px 13px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;background-image:url(http://www.hf.uio.no/vrtx/decorating/resources/dist/images/list-square.gif);background-color:transparent;clear:left;line-height:1.538em;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">

All coffee breaks and refreshments</li><li style="margin:2px 0px 3px;padding:0px 0px 0px 13px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;background-image:url(http://www.hf.uio.no/vrtx/decorating/resources/dist/images/list-square.gif);background-color:transparent;clear:left;line-height:1.538em;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">

Two lunches</li><li style="margin:2px 0px 3px;padding:0px 0px 0px 13px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;background-image:url(http://www.hf.uio.no/vrtx/decorating/resources/dist/images/list-square.gif);background-color:transparent;clear:left;line-height:1.538em;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">

One dinner (without drinks) at <a href="http://www.brasseriesanguine.no/en/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(11,90,157)">Sanguine Brasserie</a>, Oslo Opera House, May 22</li><li style="margin:2px 0px 3px;padding:0px 0px 0px 13px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;background-image:url(http://www.hf.uio.no/vrtx/decorating/resources/dist/images/list-square.gif);background-color:transparent;clear:left;line-height:1.538em;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">

One standing buffet at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_r%C3%A5dhus" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(11,90,157)">Oslo City Hall, </a>May 23</li></ul><p style="margin:3px 0px 8px;padding:0px;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:17.025px;text-align:left">

The workshop fee includes:</p><ul style="margin:8px 0px 15px 10px;padding:0px;list-style-type:none;color:rgb(43,43,43);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:17.025px;text-align:left"><li style="margin:2px 0px 3px;padding:0px 0px 0px 13px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;background-image:url(http://www.hf.uio.no/vrtx/decorating/resources/dist/images/list-square.gif);background-color:transparent;clear:left;line-height:1.538em;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">

Coffee breaks and refreshments</li><li style="margin:2px 0px 3px;padding:0px 0px 0px 13px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;background-image:url(http://www.hf.uio.no/vrtx/decorating/resources/dist/images/list-square.gif);background-color:transparent;clear:left;line-height:1.538em;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">

One lunch</li></ul><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Please go here to register:<br><a href="https://www.hf.uio.no/iln/english/research/news-and-events/events/conferences/2013/nodalida/registration/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.hf.uio.no/iln/english/research/news-and-events/events/conferences/<span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">2013</span>/<span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">nodalida</span>/<span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34)">registration</span>/index.html</a><br clear="all">

<br>PROGRAMME COMMITTEE<br><br>Reviewing of submissions and selection of the conference programme will<br>be managed by the <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">NoDaLiDa</span> <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">2013</span> Programme Committee.  Submissions will<br>

be reviewed by (at least) two members of the programme committee or by<br>other experts in the field.<br><br>+ Lars Ahrenberg, Linköping University, Sweden<br>+ Heiki-Jaan Kaalep, University of Tartu, Estonia<br>+ Mikko Kurimo, Aalto University, Finland<br>

+ Stephan Oepen (Programme Chair), University of Oslo, Norway<br>+ Eva Pettersson, Uppsala University, Sweden<br>+ Bolette Sandford Pedersen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark<br>+ Victoria Rosén, University of Bergen, Norway<br>

<br>To inquire about the submission and reviewing process or generally the<br>scientific programme of the conference, please email ‘<a href="mailto:oe@ifi.uio.no" target="_blank">oe@ifi.uio.no</a>’.<br><br>LOCAL ORGANIZATION<br>

<br>The <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">NoDaLiDa</span> <span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">2013</span> Organizing Committee is comprised of staff from the<br>Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies (ILN) and from the<br>

Department of Informatics (IFI) at the University of Oslo, Norway:<br><br>+ Ruth Vatvedt Fjeld, ILN<br>+ Kristin Hagen, ILN<br>+ Janne Bondi Johannessen (Organizing Chair), ILN<br>+ Anders Nøklestad, ILN<br>+ Erik Velldal, IFI<br>

+ Lilja Øvrelid, IFI<br><br>For all practical inquiries, please email ‘<a href="mailto:j.b.johannessen@iln.uio.no" target="_blank">j.b.johannessen@iln.uio.no</a>’.<br><br></div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">WELCOME TO OSLO!</span><br clear="all">

<div><br></div>-- <br>Janne Bondi Johannessen<br>Professor<div>The Text Laboratory, ILN, <br>University of Oslo<br>Tel: +47 22 85 68 14, mob.: +47 928 966 34<br></div>
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